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<p>Barry Fisher, I did go out today and try with a different lens. I used an 85mm and the outcome was much better. I would attribute the first upload as camera shake but the focus is really soft in the whole set from that day and today when using the 24-70. So today I went out and tried both again. The same issue with focus was there with the 24-70 but not with my 85mm lens it was not near as bad but still not as good as my images normally are. I have no idea what is going on. This leads me to believe there is some setting off in the camera settings but there is something going on with my lens. I will upload a screenshot from today and you can see the difference in the sharpness and focus of the image. Again there was no sharpening added to the image just artistic editing. </p>

<p>Andy L thank you so much!!! I don't use lightroom I use Photoshop CC and now that you mention it YES it did start around the time I update CC. How do I correct the issue?<br> I am so glad to know I am not going crazy! I was starting to think I was the only one that saw it! That makes perfect sense but it drives me insane. Is there a way to avoid this? Thank you so much for your reply. </p>

<p>Here is a screen shot of an image I took. This image was not sharpened ANY! All I did was artistic color edit. Does anyone else see a difference in focus?? This is what my images normally look like. </p>

<p>see attached</p>

<p>Yes I love CC. It is all I use for editing. And I have never had to use camera shake reduction since I purchased my D810.I never had any issues until this whole session turned out like that even at higher shutter speeds. It looks much better after applying the camera shake reduction for this image. I guess this will just be a session that I spend hours in photoshop fixing. I just wanted to find out what went wrong so it won't happen again! I am hoping to find some kind of setting that has been messed up. Thank you so much Les!<br> So am I just being picky about how this picture turned out? My husband saw it and said wow what happened to your pictures they looks nothing like the pictures you normal take. I will post one that I did before all these "issues" to show the difference of course this is not the RAW file and it is edited but I did NOT do any type of sharpening to the image at all just artistic editing! You can tell the sharpness of the image is nothing like the pictures in this session. The image is clean, crisp and smooth! <br> I answer some questions...I use matrix metering and AF-S. Yes I know AF-C is better for children. And no I do not use my internal light meter. When I do my images are always off!!! I snap one look at histograms and adjust. I always shoot in manual. Someone mentioned firmware messing up calibration. Is this a possibility? It only does this with my 24-70 2.8 and not my 85mm lens. </p>

<p>John Seaman the focal point was dead on the left eye. I have taken many many pictures with my D810 so I know what kind of image it is capable of producing. This image is FAR FAR from that! <br> I think I will have to try that. Kari I was wondering if it was some kind of internal setting issue but I knew it would have to be something more than just the exposure compensation. Where do you find the reading of -124 brightness and hue value. I am not familiar with that setting at all. Also what does power up time starting at the year 2000 mean? How would those things have been changed and how do I change them back to what they need to be? My husband did do a firmware update on the camera. I have been having issues since the update. I am wondering if it is possible for him to have messed something up by doing that. It was the first firmware update we have ever done. Barry and Kari you are both amazing for offering so much help!!! Thank you!!! </p>

<p>WOW Barry thank you so much!!! I did not know that exposure compensation had an effect on the image when in manual mode! My husband uses my A mode and I guess he forgot to 0 it out when he was done and I never check it because I thought it did not affect the image! That information is most helpful!!!! Thank you! I am going to crop the image in on the face and upload so the noise, color and focus can be seen. I love this image of my son and would really like to be able to save it somehow. I have not tried to fix it in photoshop yet but I was devastated when I uploaded all of my images from all my sessions yesterday and saw they were all like this! I appreciate each and every response to this post! I know something is wrong and I just don't know what could cause 300 pictures to all have this issue when the manual settings were changed throughout the day. Like I previously stated, I have never had pictures to turn out this bad and I photograph weekly multiple times a week. Even my studio pictures were turning out like this! </p>

Yes I calibrate my screen every two weeks. Is there a way I can upload or send the original file maybe via email to someone? The problem is not going to show up with this very small resized image. And as for exposure compensation, I shoot in manual. I was under the impression exposure compensation is only used for Apature mode which I never ever use.

<p>Thank you so much for your response. Yes my shutter speed could have been higher but this was taken with a tripod. There should not have been any camera shake and the subject was still. So the skin tone is off because of the grass? </p>

<p>I have been doing photography for a little over a year. No I am not perfect with my settings but I have never had issues like I am starting to have now. I use a Nikon D810 with an AF-S Nikkor 24-70mm 1:2.8G lens. First it started with bad noise at VERY low ISO (200), the pictures were still in perfect focus but the images were extremely noise. It was so bad my D90 took images with less noise. The automatic color temperature is shooting at crazy temperatures. My photos were lacking contrast. Then yesterday I did a session and the results were AWFUL! All of my images turned out like the one I am posting. I have never had an issue like this. Can anyone offer some kind of reasoning for this?<br> Photo taken around 6pm with D810 24-70 2.8 F2.8, 160s, ISO160 52mm<br> Nothing has been done to the picture it is straight from the camera besides resizing.<br> I shot in RAW uncompressed. Focal point was on the left eye. </p> <div></div>

<p>Hummm It shows on my end it is attached. Could you check and see if it on there now? </p>

<p>This image was taken with the 24-70mm lens on a D-90 body. I have been doing photography for about 6 months. I do not want my picture to be posted in the critic forum nor am I looking for ratings. I just want some opinions on my image please. </p><div></div>

<p>WOW!!! I have really soaked all of this in! I very much so appreciate all of this information you all have provided (especially you Eric for dragging out your D90 :) ! I feel like I have learned some amazing points to apply to my photography! I did shoot the group in AF-S. I also just got my replacement lens today. It has been confirmed there was a defect in the other lens! I really hope my replacement is better. I am scared to get it out of the box! Again thank you all so much! </p>

<p>Ilkka NICE work and extremely helpful!!!! Thank you so much! And Eric thank you so much for the input on AF-S and AF-C. I did my session today and was blown away by how much I love my SB-600! Yes there is a huge learning curve with the flash but I thought it was a good time to try it out with this big group being family. I must say I was impressed with the outcome! I can only imagine how much I will love it when I know how to use it better. Given my lighting in the woods, the fact that it started raining during the session and almost stormed I would NOT have made it through the session without it! The lighting conditions were terrible and it helped so much along with all the feedback I have gained through everyone's posts. I will come back and post an image or two once I get them downloaded if anyone is still following this post. I would love more feedback from a few pictures I did today from the group session. Thank you all so much! </p>

<p>Would anyone be willing to post an image of a person or more than one person taken with the Nikon 24-70MM zoomed into 100%...especially helpful a group of people taken at anything below 50mm? </p>